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Acute retinal pigment epitheliitis
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose:
We examined a patient with acute retinal pigment epitheliitis before the development of the characteristic pigmentary retinopathy.
Methods:
Three days after onset of blurred vision in her left eye, a 25-year-old woman had a visual acuity of L.E.: 20/40 -2. There were uniform outer retinal golden-colored vacuoles in the area of subsequent foveal pigmentary alterations.
Results:
Two months after examination, visual acuity was L.E.: 20/25 -2, and fine subfoveal pigmentary clumping was present.
Conclusion:
The pigmentary maculopathy of acute retinal pigment epitheliitis may be secondary to primary inflammation of the neurosensory retina.